RT, WW – Holiday Chocolates

RT, WW – Care for chocolates?

Cool Presents

It’s Christmas, and it has been customary for my husband to give his staff presents. Everybody gets the same present to avoid envy. This year, he’s giving them steel pendants with zodiac sign design. It was my husband’s idea to give them these. I helped him wrap them. they really look cool and expensive. My husband smiled and said I’ll be surprised of how affordable they are.

WW – Brownies

Ginger-Pear Muffin

Stay limber with pears.  The fruit’s copper boosts the production of lysyl oxidase, an enzyme proven to preserve joint strength and elasticity.

photo credit:  food.com

For this recipe, you will need:

• 1 1/2 cups whole-wheat pastry flour
• 1/2 cup oat flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. each sea salt and nutmeg
• 2 tbsp. chopped candied ginger
• 3/4 cup each skim milk and sucanat (or brown sugar)
• 1/4 cup extra virgin coconut oil, melted
• 1 egg
• 1 cup pears, peeled and chopped

Directions:

Heat oven to 400°F.  Line 12-well muffin pan with paper liners.  in bowl, blend first 6 ingredients.  In separate bowl, whisk together milk,sucanat, oil and egg.  Stir in flour mixture.  Add pears.  Divide batter evenly among wells of prepared pan.  Bake 2o minutes, or until toothpick inserted in muffins comes out clean.